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Hundreds buried in child mass grave

2014-06-05 215 Dailymotion

The remains of nearly 800 children were found in an unmarked mass grave at this home for unmarried mothers in Ireland.<br/> <br />Records show they died from malnutrition or infectious disease.<br/> <br />Now a campaign's underway in Tuam, County Galway, for their commemoration.<br/> <br />The people who found the remains in 1975 say they were shocked by the discovery.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE)(English) BARRY SWEENEY, ONE OF THOSE WHO FOUND GRAVE, SAYING:<br/> <br />"It was just a concrete slab. Myself and Francis were in here and we pulled it open, cracked it open, and there it was - skulls piled up on top of each other, maybe eight or nine feet deep, piled up."<br/> <br />The home was run by the Bons Secours nuns.<br/> <br />A representative from the Catholic Archdiocese of Tuam said it would be wrong to judge the past by today's standards.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE)(English) FATHER FINTAN MONAGHAN, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF TUAM, SAYING:<br/> <br />"I suppose we can't really judge the, I suppose, the past from our point o

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